With Christmas behind us, and having said all our goodbyes to family and friends at home, we have returned to Stuart. Dave Patzer picks us up at the airport - we are so grateful for this, and truly overwhelmed by their generosity. We get to work organizing and provisioning for our departure, listening for a weather window to cross the Gulf Stream to the Bahamas. We will be heading to Ocean Reef Resort in Freeport and plan to stay for a very short time. We have a parcel to deliver to Ruth and Randy Beck and look forward to seeing them when we arrive.
Jesse and Ginny on s/v Wind Dust are still here - we catch up with them. It is hard to know what their plans are - although it seems they are undecided. It seems that the longer you spend in any one place, the harder it is to leave. We don't want to fall into this trap, so we work hard at staying focused on a departure date.
Most of the other boaters we have met here are either working at the upcoming Stuart Boat Show, or have already left to begin their cruising season. We decide to rent a car for two days to make our provisioning job easier - Tuesday and Wednesday. We return the car early Thursday morning and complete our last checks, including a trip to the fuel dock for diesel - we top up the water tanks and flush out the head. The weather is looking favourable for a crossing on Monday or Tuesday, so we pay our bill at Sunset Bay and plan to leave for Friday to make our way to Lake Worth to stage for the next leg of our trip.
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